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0. A. HAGUE. Caster Gage Wheel.

No. 243,126. Patented June 21,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HAGUE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FURST & BRAD- LEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASTER GAGE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,126, dated June 21, 1881.

Application filed October 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HAGUE, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Caster Gage-Wheels for Plow-Beams, of which the following is a full description, ret'erence-beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a top or plan view with the portion of the plowbeam shown in Fig. l removed, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on line 00 0c of Fig. 1.

' The object of my invention is to provide the beam of an ordinary or common plow or other plow drawn from or near the front end of the beam with a supporting caster-wheel located in front of the plow, which can be strongly applied and easily and nicely adjusted without applying the adjusting devices to the beam; andthe invention consists in abracket having a depending cylindrical axle, on which is swiveled a socket, combined with a vertically-movable arm carrying a rotary wheel, and

pivoted to the swiveled socket at one side thereof, and adjustably connected with the opposite side of the socket, the whole constituting an adjustable caster-wheel in which the adjusting devices are disconnected from the o plow-beam, all as will be more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A indicates a section of a plow-beam; B, the beam-bracket; C, the caster-socket; D, the wheel; a, the supporting- 5 plate for the bracketB, 1), bolt by which the bracket and plate a are secured to the beam c, spindle or axle upon which the socket C is supported and turns; (1, projection or wing on the socket C; 6, slot in projection d; f, clamp- 0 ing-bolt by which the vertical position of the arm 9 and wheel D are adjusted and held in place, g, axle-arm for the wheel D h, pivot for the arm g, and i a front project-ion or car on the socket C, to which the arm gis pivoted. The plate a. is provided with horizontal flanges extending overand under the plowbeam, as shown at Fig. 3, and its back is provided with'vertical fianges or -ribs, as shown at Fig. 2. This plate, with the bolt 1), holds the bracket B firmly in place and prevents the action of the wheel from wearing the beam, and obviates the necessity of using two bolts or a clip for attaching the bracket. The bracket is made in the form shown, and projects under the beam so as to bring the spindle c nearly or quite to the middle of the beam, as shown at Fig. 3. The socket C is applied to the spindle and bracket as shown, and it has a projection or ear, 1', in front, and a projection or wing, (I, in rear, the two being formed atone side of the center, so as together to form a plane or face for the arm' 9, as shown at Fig.

2. The wing d is provided with a curved slot, 0, through which the bolt or clamp f passes. The arm g is pivoted to the ear t at h, so that as it is turned the wheel I) is raised or lowered to its desired adjustment and fastened by the bolt f. The wheel D, as shown, is secured to the rear end of the arm 9 by a cast axle held in place by a bolt, j.

All of the parts represented may be made of cast-iron except the beam, and that may be of wood or iron. This makes an efficient casterwheel device which is simple in its construction and application to the beam, and which can be easily and nicely adjusted.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The bracket B, provided with the depending axle c, in combination withthe socket C, swiveled on the axle, and provided with the front projection, i, and rear projection, d, having the slot 0, the arm g, pivoted to the projection t, and the transverse bolt f, extending through the slot 0 and engaging the arm g in rear of its pivot, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with a plow-bea1n,a bracket bolted to the same and constructed with a depending cylindrical axle, a socket swiveled to the axle, and a vertically-movable arm carrying a rotary caster-wheel, and pivoted to the socket at front portion and adj ustably connected with the socket at the rear portion thereof, substantially as shown and described.

CHAS. A. HAGUE. 

